Attachment for laundry machines



March 18, 1952 J, LEEF 2,589,619

ATTACHMENT FOR LAUNDRY MACHINES Filed April 9. 1949 2 SHEETSSHEET 1170/222 fllea/ Mar 9 J. H. LEEF 2,589,619

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Patented Mar.18,1952, 2,539, 19

UNITED STATES;- "PATEN OFFICE" I 2,5s9,r 1ei ATTACHMENT FOR LAUNDRYMACHINES John H. Leef, Minneapolis, Minn. Application April 9, 1949,Serial No. 86,480

1. Claim. (01 259-93) rivets 6, is a stub shaft 1 which is journalled ineh elongated bearing 8. Bearing 8 is secured fast, by means of bolts orthe like 8,. to the im- My invention relates generally toimprove'f-wments in drum or cylinder-type laundry device and, moreparticularly, to improvements there, for. v erforate rear wall Ill of ahousing or casing li Still more specifically, my invention relates to nwhich the drum i is adapted to rotate. Houshorizontally-disposed laundrytumbler cylinders ing II has an annular front Wall lZdefining' a whichare normally journalled only at their central opening I2 axially alignedwith the closed rear ends to a supporting frame for roopening 3.The'openings 3' and 12' are nortation about their own axes. man closedby a swinging cover plate [3 hinged I have found that with such devices,due to; to the front wall 12 as indicated at 3. The the fact that thedrums are rotatively supported?" v drum I may be rotated by means of asprocket only from their rear ends, undue stress is placed; ywheel Mfast on the shaft 1, by means of a upon the bearings. This results inrelatively; chain l5 connected to a source of power, not rapid bearingwear, bearing replacement (with shown. the consequent tying up of themachine), and the I 15 Preferably and as shown, the casing or housinguse of increased amounts of power, required to, f s Supported in Sp reiI-he ground turn the drum or cylinder because of increasec'l v means offront and rear l s in he n re friction. of skirts l6 and iirespectively. My novel at- The primary object of my invention is the 1"tachment f machines f thev a v -d provision of a ttachm nt, including apair of 20 scribed, comprises a base member i8, shown as supportingrollers, which may be readily secured I" being an a ed a le on which isad pt to the stationary supporting frame of such a to be rigidly Se ymeans of bolt/S Or the device for rotatively supporting the front end ofik t0 the from; below and in Sp d the drum or cylinder, whereby theobjectional "r a n to the under Side housing H a features of saidmachine above-described, are ylindel' Working p y through e fo largelyeliminated, wardly-projecting shelve 29 of the base member A stillfurther object of my invention is the 18 e a pair of spaced adjustmentsc ews 21.

provision of such a device which may be readily Ada ed to be adjustablysecured to the front secured to a machine of the type in questionintermediate the base member 1 and the and which may thereafter beadjusted to com- 0 under Side of the housing H is a yoke 22 havingpensate for Wear, disalignment, and the like. 1,9 of spaced Toners 23projectingtupwardly A still further object of my invention is thetherefrom Headed bolts 24, which Work in provision of such a device,which is inexpensive V to produce simple in construction, and durable lllmlted vertical adjustability of the yoke 22 with in i respect to thebase member 18 and the under The above and still further objects of my iof 638mg and m i the invention will become apparent from the folmlsmg H15 cut away as lpqlcated lowing detailed specification, appended claim,rollers to {make penpileml .supportmg and attached drawings gagementwith tne under side or the casing i,

Referrm to th g as indicated at 21.

g e drawn Wherem like char It should be obvious that, in order toinitially acters indie t l'k t a e 1 8 par 5 throughout the Severalobtain the desired height of the rollers 23, both views:

Fig. 1 is a frontelevation of a rotating cylingg ggi fig fg f g gfg zggg y r f ig g t: der g g zshowing my nm'el device adjustmentsthereafter due to wear' it is but e ur l H s e 2 ere a necessary toloosen the bolts 24 (whereby to per- 15 Vertlcal axla'l section takeni'nit relative movement of the yoke 22 with -re secttth f't Referringwith greater particularity to the ri 6 ion 16 and adlust the drawings,the numeral 5 indicates, in its entirety, s n i i a horizontallydisposedcylinder including a rear co if fifi gfig g fi ifif ifi ggi flfi wall 2,an annular front wall 3 defining a central 1 Tbler type used in ciallaundiies. It opemng 3' n a umfer n i ynd d out: should be obvious tothose skilled in 1 the art Wall shown as having e i a plurality f I thatthe invention may be utilized *tosupport perforations 5. Projectingaxially from rear ,the; front end of imperforate tumbling'drums of wall2, and made fast therewith by means of iis general character in washingmachines.

tically-extended slots 25 in the yoke 22, permit- While I have describedand shown a commercial form of my invention, it should be obvious thatthe same is capable of modification without departure from the scope andspirit of the invention as" defined in the appended claim.

What I claim is:

In a device of'the class described, a generally cylindrical housing, ahorizontally-disposed cylindrical tumblingzdrum within-T said housing,means journalling the rear end of said tumbling drum to said housing,said housing and drum having aligned openings in their forward ends forthe insertion of material to the inside of said drum and removal ofmaterial therefrom, a supporting leg for said housing, said leg beingspaced rearwardly from the forward ends of" said hous-J i. ing andtumbling drum, said housing being prov intermediate the base member andthe under side of said housing, a pair of laterally-spaced f. rollersjournalled on said yoke on axes parallel to the axis of said tumblingdrum, said rollers vided with aperture means intermediate said 4 leg andthe front end thereof, means for rotatably supporting the front 'end-o'fsaid tumbling-g drum, said means comprising a base, member secured fastto the front supporting leg below the front end of said housing andtumbling drum,

a yoke vertically adjustably secured to said leg adjusting means betweensaid base, member and JOHN H. LEEF.

said yoke for varying the height of said rollers.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 'i859,4'12 Schutz July 9, 190"!2,289,162 Amonsen July '7, 1942 a FOREIGN PATENTS *Number, Country 1Date 468,790 France July 16, 19 14

